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Hi, I'm Coreen Ward.

Welcome to my blog.

I am a mother to one sweet boy,

wife to one supportive husband,

owner of one crazy hairless cat,

and an explorer to one adventurous life.

I teach pilates and am a nutrition enthusiast with a fascination for functional medicine.

I love sharing nutrition tips, recipes and creative solutions for the whole family.

Bread, Bangs, and Air Fryers...

If you got through the pandemonium without a sourdough starter, bangs, or air frying everything under the sun, then more power to you. I,...

Coreen Ward

Apr 6, 20222 min read

Forgiveness vs. Letting Go...

For years after my mother passed, my mantra was "Let it Go." I was aware of my control issues and stubborn nature and convinced myself I...

Coreen Ward

Mar 3, 20223 min read

Looking through infertility glasses...

How infertility changed my perspective Most little girls growing up assume they will have children of their own. It is the unspoken rule...

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Jan 18, 20214 min read

We will find a way...

Adoption is a beautiful, scary, enormous, loving, tearful, complicated thing. I always said I had my painful contractions, they just came...

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Aug 30, 20203 min read

Holy Hell, I'm Homeschooling...

Let's be honest, we are all homeschooling now! I knew it would happen one day. I knew I would be a homeschool mom, eventually. I am just...

Coreen Ward

Aug 20, 20203 min read

I'm at a loss...

I'm at a loss In a pocket of time, you were 10, and I was 15. In a pocket of time, our parents were in love. You were the coolest 10-year...

Coreen Ward

Jun 1, 20202 min read

Hug a Tree, It's Granola Time...

Granola is one of those things that you make and you wonder... Wouldn't it be cheaper, easier and cleaner just to buy it? I am here to...

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Apr 8, 20201 min read

My COVID19 Manifesto...

Holy hell this is getting crazy! Everyone is doing what they can to get the information they need to survive. I am not offering any...

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Mar 25, 20203 min read

Toxic Babies...

In 2005, there was a US study done that found 200 chemicals in newborn baby's cord blood. Granted, this was years ago, but I do not...

Coreen Ward

May 21, 20193 min read

Favorite Supplements...

"In a perfect world, no one would need supplements. But given the stress of our modern life, the poor quality of our food supply, and the...

Coreen Ward

May 6, 20193 min read

Homemade Toothpaste...

Okay, I know what you are going to say. I've gone off the deep end. I don't know what is more outrageous... that I am making my own...

Coreen Ward

Mar 18, 20192 min read

Vegan "Meatballs"...

I know this sounds like an oxymoron but these Vegan Meatballs are yummmm! Even my veggie self-deprived hubby loves them. I am trying to...

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Mar 5, 20193 min read

My Ice Pop Debacle...

This story is a story about my "first world" problem. A problem that isn't a problem to most. Hell, most people have probably never had...

Coreen Ward

Feb 27, 20193 min read

I Love You a Latte...

The holidays are over and it is time to recover. We made some wrong choices. We ate some crazy concoctions. Now... let's get back on...

Coreen Ward

Jan 22, 20192 min read

Women's Wellness Event...

I had the great privilege to speak last Saturday at the Women's Wellness from the Inside Out event. This event was held by women to...

Coreen Ward

Dec 11, 20182 min read

Get your #@$& shoes on!

As a mom you hear the same sentences come out of your mouth so much it nauseates you. Kids have a gift when it comes to taking their...

Coreen Ward

Nov 19, 20182 min read

Nutrition for Dancers...

Last night I visited my old stomping grounds. This time, not as a dance teacher but as a health coach. Dance For Joy in Brielle, NJ was...

Coreen Ward

Nov 15, 20182 min read

Ferment this...

I have been getting into fermentation. Natural probiotics are the best way to go. This month I tried my hand on pickles and sauerkraut...

Coreen Ward

Nov 13, 20181 min read

Gettin' Boochie with it...

Kombucha is all the rage with us hippies. We buy it. We drink it. And now we make it. Does it work? Who knows. It reminds me of the...

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Oct 30, 20182 min read

Shower Melts...

This time of year everyone is hacking up a lung. Max was home from school for two days and I refuse to get sick. So far, so good. I...

Coreen Ward

Oct 15, 20182 min read